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Hello Sunday Morning: Alcohol, (non)consumption and selfhood.
- Source :
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International Journal of Drug Policy . Feb2016, Vol. 28, p67-75. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- <bold>Background: </bold>Hello Sunday Morning (HSM) is an online program that encourages people to commit to a period of non-drinking and blog about their experiences. The purpose of this paper is to explore how HSM members negotiated their periods of abstention, with a focus on how not drinking influenced their narratives of selfhood.<bold>Methods: </bold>Thematic analysis was undertaken of 2844 blog posts from 154 Victorians who signed up to HSM in 2013 or 2014.<bold>Results: </bold>Analysis revealed three key narratives of selfhood offered by participants: (1) abstinence resulting in a disrupted sense of self, (2) non-consumption facilitating the development of a new healthy self, and (3) anti-consumption facilitating the development of a resistant self.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Individuals construct and maintain their sense of self through consumption (or non-consumption) activities, and this occurs within the broader context of the relationship between selfhood, consumption and culture. HSM members developed narratives of self by drawing on a range of wider discursive structures concerning pleasure, healthism and resistance. The typologies of non-drinking selves identified in this paper could be disseminated through platforms such as HSM to support people who are new to non-drinking in choosing how they might construct and enact alternative selfhoods in contexts where alcohol consumption is deeply embedded. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *DRUG utilization
*ALCOHOL drinking
*PHARMACEUTICAL research
*PHARMACEUTICAL policy
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09553959
- Volume :
- 28
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Drug Policy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 112849178
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.10.008